Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia.[2][3]

Jazz Lab
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedFebruary 4–5 & March 13, 1957
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
CL 998[1]
Gigi Gryce chronology
Nica's Tempo
(1955)
Jazz Lab
(1958)
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet
(1957)
Donald Byrd chronology
Three Trumpets
(1957)
Jazz Lab
(1958)
At Newport
(1957)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "With some of the best arrangements heard in jazz and excellent solos by Gryce, Byrd, and Flanagan, Jazz Lab makes for an excellent introduction to the hard bop catalog."[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 3:38
  2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 8:21
  3. "Nica's Tempo" - 5:27
  4. "Blue Concept" - 5:03
  5. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) - 7:04
  6. "Sans Souci" - 7:17
  7. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:57
  • Recorded in New York City on February 4, 1957 (tracks 1 & 3), February 5, 1957 (tracks 2 & 6), and March 13, 1957 (tracks 4, 5 & 7)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Jazz, All About. "Jazz news: Gryce and Byrd's Jazz Lab". All About Jazz News.
  3. ^ Gigi Gryce discography Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 31, 2012
  4. ^ a b Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012